int is_reusable(struct super_block *s, b_blocknr_t block, int bit_value)
 {
        int bmap, offset;
-       struct buffer_head *bh;
 
        if (block == 0 || block >= SB_BLOCK_COUNT(s)) {
                reiserfs_warning(s,
                return 0;
        }
 
-       bh = SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[bmap].bh;
-       get_bh(bh);
-
-       if ((bit_value == 0 && reiserfs_test_le_bit(offset, bh->b_data)) ||
-           (bit_value == 1 && reiserfs_test_le_bit(offset, bh->b_data) == 0)) {
-               reiserfs_warning(s,
-                                "vs-4040: is_reusable: corresponding bit of block %lu does not "
-                                "match required value (bmap==%d, offset==%d) test_bit==%d",
-                                block, bmap, offset,
-                                reiserfs_test_le_bit(offset, bh->b_data));
-
-               brelse(bh);
-               return 0;
-       }
-       brelse(bh);
-
        if (bit_value == 0 && block == SB_ROOT_BLOCK(s)) {
                reiserfs_warning(s,
                                 "vs-4050: is_reusable: this is root block (%u), "
                                 bmap_n);
                return 0;
        }
-       bh = bi->bh;
-       get_bh(bh);
 
-       if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
-               PROC_INFO_INC(s, scan_bitmap.wait);
-               __wait_on_buffer(bh);
-       }
+       bh = reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(s, bmap_n);
+       if (bh == NULL)
+               return 0;
 
        while (1) {
              cont:
  */
 static inline int block_group_used(struct super_block *s, u32 id)
 {
-       int bm;
-       bm = bmap_hash_id(s, id);
-       if (SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[bm].free_count > ((s->s_blocksize << 3) * 60 / 100)) {
+       int bm = bmap_hash_id(s, id);
+       struct reiserfs_bitmap_info *info = &SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[bm];
+
+       /* If we don't have cached information on this bitmap block, we're
+        * going to have to load it later anyway. Loading it here allows us
+        * to make a better decision. This favors long-term performace gain
+        * with a better on-disk layout vs. a short term gain of skipping the
+        * read and potentially having a bad placement. */
+       if (info->first_zero_hint == 0) {
+               struct buffer_head *bh = reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(s, bm);
+               brelse(bh);
+       }
+
+       if (info->free_count > ((s->s_blocksize << 3) * 60 / 100)) {
                return 0;
        }
        return 1;
                return;
        }
 
-       bmbh = apbi[nr].bh;
-       get_bh(bmbh);
+       bmbh = reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(s, nr);
+       if (!bmbh)
+               return;
 
        reiserfs_prepare_for_journal(s, bmbh, 1);
 
                                                unsigned int bitmap)
 {
        b_blocknr_t block = (sb->s_blocksize << 3) * bitmap;
+       struct reiserfs_bitmap_info *info = SB_AP_BITMAP(sb) + bitmap;
        struct buffer_head *bh;
 
        /* Way old format filesystems had the bitmaps packed up front.
        else if (bitmap == 0)
                block = (REISERFS_DISK_OFFSET_IN_BYTES >> sb->s_blocksize_bits) + 1;
 
-       bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
-       if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
-               ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &bh);
+       bh = sb_bread(sb, block);
+       if (bh == NULL)
+               reiserfs_warning(sb, "sh-2029: %s: bitmap block (#%lu) "
+                                "reading failed", __FUNCTION__, bh->b_blocknr);
+       else {
+               if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
+                       PROC_INFO_INC(sb, scan_bitmap.wait);
+                       __wait_on_buffer(bh);
+               }
+               BUG_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
+               BUG_ON(atomic_read(&bh->b_count) == 0);
+
+               if (info->first_zero_hint == 0)
+                       reiserfs_cache_bitmap_metadata(sb, bh, info);
+       }
 
        return bh;
 }
 int reiserfs_init_bitmap_cache(struct super_block *sb)
 {
        struct reiserfs_bitmap_info *bitmap;
-       int i;
 
        bitmap = vmalloc(sizeof (*bitmap) * SB_BMAP_NR(sb));
        if (bitmap == NULL)
 
        memset(bitmap, 0, sizeof (*bitmap) * SB_BMAP_NR(sb));
 
-       for (i = 0; i < SB_BMAP_NR(sb); i++)
-               bitmap[i].bh = reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(sb, i);
-
-       /* make sure we have them all */
-       for (i = 0; i < SB_BMAP_NR(sb); i++) {
-               wait_on_buffer(bitmap[i].bh);
-               if (!buffer_uptodate(bitmap[i].bh)) {
-                       reiserfs_warning(sb, "sh-2029: %s: "
-                                        "bitmap block (#%lu) reading failed",
-                                        __FUNCTION__, bitmap[i].bh->b_blocknr);
-                       for (i = 0; i < SB_BMAP_NR(sb); i++)
-                               brelse(bitmap[i].bh);
-                       vfree(bitmap);
-                       return -EIO;
-               }
-       }
-
-       /* Cache the info on the bitmaps before we get rolling */
-       for (i = 0; i < SB_BMAP_NR(sb); i++)
-               reiserfs_cache_bitmap_metadata(sb, bitmap[i].bh, &bitmap[i]);
-
        SB_AP_BITMAP(sb) = bitmap;
 
        return 0;
 }
+
+void reiserfs_free_bitmap_cache(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+       if (SB_AP_BITMAP(sb)) {
+               vfree(SB_AP_BITMAP(sb));
+               SB_AP_BITMAP(sb) = NULL;
+       }
+}
 
                 * transaction begins, and the new bitmaps don't matter if the
                 * transaction fails. */
                for (i = bmap_nr; i < bmap_nr_new; i++) {
-                       bh = sb_getblk(s, i * s->s_blocksize * 8);
-                       get_bh(bh);
+                       /* don't use read_bitmap_block since it will cache
+                        * the uninitialized bitmap */
+                       bh = sb_bread(s, i * s->s_blocksize * 8);
                        memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb_blocksize(sb));
                        reiserfs_test_and_set_le_bit(0, bh->b_data);
                        reiserfs_cache_bitmap_metadata(s, bh, bitmap + i);
                        // update bitmap_info stuff
                        bitmap[i].first_zero_hint = 1;
                        bitmap[i].free_count = sb_blocksize(sb) * 8 - 1;
-                       bitmap[i].bh = bh;
                        brelse(bh);
                }
                /* free old bitmap blocks array */
 
        /* Extend old last bitmap block - new blocks have been made available */
        info = SB_AP_BITMAP(s) + bmap_nr - 1;
-       bh = info->bh;
-       get_bh(bh);
+       bh = reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(s, bmap_nr - 1);
+       if (!bh) {
+               int jerr = journal_end(&th, s, 10);
+               if (jerr)
+                       return jerr;
+               return -EIO;
+       }
 
        reiserfs_prepare_for_journal(s, bh, 1);
        for (i = block_r; i < s->s_blocksize * 8; i++)
 
        /* Correct new last bitmap block - It may not be full */
        info = SB_AP_BITMAP(s) + bmap_nr_new - 1;
-       bh = info->bh;
-       get_bh(bh);
+       bh = reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(s, bmap_nr_new - 1);
+       if (!bh) {
+               int jerr = journal_end(&th, s, 10);
+               if (jerr)
+                       return jerr;
+               return -EIO;
+       }
 
        reiserfs_prepare_for_journal(s, bh, 1);
        for (i = block_r_new; i < s->s_blocksize * 8; i++)
 
 
 static void reiserfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
-       int i;
        struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
        th.t_trans_id = 0;
 
         */
        journal_release(&th, s);
 
-       for (i = 0; i < SB_BMAP_NR(s); i++)
-               brelse(SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[i].bh);
-
-       vfree(SB_AP_BITMAP(s));
+       reiserfs_free_bitmap_cache(s);
 
        brelse(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));
 
 /* after journal replay, reread all bitmap and super blocks */
 static int reread_meta_blocks(struct super_block *s)
 {
-       int i;
        ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s)));
        wait_on_buffer(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));
        if (!buffer_uptodate(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s))) {
                return 1;
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < SB_BMAP_NR(s); i++) {
-               ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &(SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[i].bh));
-               wait_on_buffer(SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[i].bh);
-               if (!buffer_uptodate(SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[i].bh)) {
-                       reiserfs_warning(s,
-                                        "reread_meta_blocks, error reading bitmap block number %d at %llu",
-                                        i,
-                                        (unsigned long long)SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[i].
-                                        bh->b_blocknr);
-                       return 1;
-               }
-       }
        return 0;
-
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 {
        struct inode *root_inode;
-       int j;
        struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
        int old_format = 0;
        unsigned long blocks;
        if (jinit_done) {       /* kill the commit thread, free journal ram */
                journal_release_error(NULL, s);
        }
-       if (SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK(s)) {
-               for (j = 0; j < SB_BMAP_NR(s); j++) {
-                       if (SB_AP_BITMAP(s))
-                               brelse(SB_AP_BITMAP(s)[j].bh);
-               }
-               vfree(SB_AP_BITMAP(s));
-       }
+
+       reiserfs_free_bitmap_cache(s);
        if (SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s))
                brelse(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
-       for (j = 0; j < MAXQUOTAS; j++) {
-               kfree(sbi->s_qf_names[j]);
-               sbi->s_qf_names[j] = NULL;
+       {
+               int j;
+               for (j = 0; j < MAXQUOTAS; j++) {
+                       kfree(sbi->s_qf_names[j]);
+                       sbi->s_qf_names[j] = NULL;
+               }
        }
 #endif
        kfree(sbi);